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Books by Fellows

Books By Fellows

A major intellectual activity at the IWM is writing books. These include not only books by internationally renowned scholars but also many a first monograph by junior visiting fellows.

Below, please see a selection of books written by our fellows.

If you are a former fellow and would like to include your book in this list, please contact: publications@iwm.at with details.

	Title	Author	Discipline	Publishing house	Year
	In Mistrust We Trust. Can Democracy Survive When We Don’t Trust Our Leaders?	Ivan Krastev	Politikwissenschaft / Political Science	TED Books	2013	Read more	Authors: Ivan Krastev Published: TED Books, 2013 In Mistrust We Trust. Can Democracy Survive When We Don’t Trust Our Leaders? A recent Gallup poll listed the least-trusted professions in America. At the bottom of the list: car salesmen and members of Congress. It’s not hard to understand why our politicians rate so poorly — scandals, myopia, obstinacy, party loyalty over common good, fiscal cliffs. Read more
Authors: Ivan Krastev Published: TED Books, 2013 In Mistrust We Trust. Can Democracy Survive When We Don’t Trust Our Leaders? A recent Gallup poll listed the least-trusted professions in America. At the bottom of the list: car salesmen and members of Congress. It’s not hard to understand why our politicians rate so poorly — scandals, myopia, obstinacy, party loyalty over common good, fiscal cliffs. Read more
	The Flame of Eternity	Krzysztof Michalski	Philosophie / Philosophy	Princeton University Press	2013	Read more	Authors: Krzysztof Michalski Published: Princeton University Press, 2013 The Flame of Eternity An Interpretation of Nietzsche’s Thought Translated by Benjamin Paloff The Flame of Eternity provides a new interpretation of Nietzsche’s philosophy and his concepts of eternity and time to which his reflections on human life are inextricably linked to. Read more
Authors: Krzysztof Michalski Published: Princeton University Press, 2013 The Flame of Eternity An Interpretation of Nietzsche’s Thought Translated by Benjamin Paloff The Flame of Eternity provides a new interpretation of Nietzsche’s philosophy and his concepts of eternity and time to which his reflections on human life are inextricably linked to. Read more
	Hegels Ästhetik als Theorie der Moderne	Cornelia Klinger	Philosophie / Philosophy	Akademie Verlag	2013	Read more	Authors: Cornelia Klinger Published: Akademie Verlag, 2013 Hegels Ästhetik als Theorie der Moderne A. Gethmann-Siefert, E. Rózsa, E. Weisser-Lohmann, H. Nagl-Docekal. Vol. 17 of the Series "Wiener Reihe. Themen der Philosophie", editors: Herta Nagl-Docekal, Cornelia Klinger, Ludwig Nagl and Alexander Somek. Read more

	Unfinished Utopia: Nowa Huta, Stalinism, and Polish Society 1949-56	Katherine Lebow	Geschichte / History	Cornell University Press	2013	Read more	Authors: Katherine Lebow Published: Cornell University Press, 2013 Unfinished Utopia: Nowa Huta, Stalinism, and Polish Society 1949-56 Unfinished Utopia is a social and cultural history of Nowa Huta, dubbed Poland’s “first socialist city” by Communist propaganda of the 1950s. Work began on the new town, located on the banks of the Vistula River just a few miles from the historic city of Kraków, in 1949. Read more
Authors: Katherine Lebow Published: Cornell University Press, 2013 Unfinished Utopia: Nowa Huta, Stalinism, and Polish Society 1949-56 Unfinished Utopia is a social and cultural history of Nowa Huta, dubbed Poland’s “first socialist city” by Communist propaganda of the 1950s. Work began on the new town, located on the banks of the Vistula River just a few miles from the historic city of Kraków, in 1949. Read more
	Thinking the Twentieth Century. Intellectuals and Politics in the Twentieth Century	Timothy Snyder	Geschichte / History	Penguin Randomhouse	2012	Read more	Authors: Timothy Snyder Published: Penguin Randomhouse, 2012 Thinking the Twentieth Century. Intellectuals and Politics in the Twentieth Century Thinking the Twentieth Century is a major new history of modern intellectual life—an original and moving blend of intellectual history, personal reflection, and passionate debate spanning continents and generations. Read more
Authors: Timothy Snyder Published: Penguin Randomhouse, 2012 Thinking the Twentieth Century. Intellectuals and Politics in the Twentieth Century Thinking the Twentieth Century is a major new history of modern intellectual life—an original and moving blend of intellectual history, personal reflection, and passionate debate spanning continents and generations. Read more
	Democracy versus Modernization. A Dilemma for Russia and for the World	Vladislav Inozemtsev	Politikwissenschaft / Political Science	Routledge	2012	Read more	Authors: Vladislav Inozemtsev Published: Routledge, 2012 Democracy versus Modernization. A Dilemma for Russia and for the World Edited by Vladislav Inozemtsev and Piotr Dutkiewicz. Read more

	White Power Music: Scenes of Extreme-Right Cultural Resistance	Anton Shekhovtsov	Medien und Kulturwissenschaften / Media and Cultural Studies	Searchlight and RNM Publications	2012	Read more	Authors: Anton Shekhovtsov Published: Searchlight and RNM Publications, 2012 White Power Music: Scenes of Extreme-Right Cultural Resistance This volume presents new analysis of the shifting phenomenon of White Power music. Read more

	StilbruchAG 1987–1991	Josef Wais	Architektur, Kunst und Kunstgeschichte / Architecture, Art and Art History	Kunstverein Neulengbach	2012	Read more	Authors: Josef Wais Published: Kunstverein Neulengbach, 2012 StilbruchAG 1987–1991 Der Katalog STILBRUCH AG 1987–1991, herausgegeben von GRAF+ZYX, Josef Wais und Jana Wisniewski, dokumentiert die gemeinsamen Ausstellungen und Präsentationen, aber auch die Solo-Werke der teilnehmenden Künstler in den Bereichen Raumgestaltungen und Objektdesign (real und virtuell) Read more
Authors: Josef Wais Published: Kunstverein Neulengbach, 2012 StilbruchAG 1987–1991 Der Katalog STILBRUCH AG 1987–1991, herausgegeben von GRAF+ZYX, Josef Wais und Jana Wisniewski, dokumentiert die gemeinsamen Ausstellungen und Präsentationen, aber auch die Solo-Werke der teilnehmenden Künstler in den Bereichen Raumgestaltungen und Objektdesign (real und virtuell) Read more
	Capitalism from Outside? Economic Cultures in Eastern Europe after 1989	János Mátyás Kovács	Wirtschaft / Economics	CEU Press	2012	Read more	Authors: János Mátyás Kovács Published: CEU Press, 2012 Capitalism from Outside? Economic Cultures in Eastern Europe after 1989 Does capitalism emerging in Eastern Europe need as solid ethnic or spiritual foundations as some other “Great Transformations” in the past? Read more

	Saint Idiot : Projet d’Anthropologie Apophatique	Cezary Wodzinski	Philosophie / Philosophy	Editions de La Différence	2012	Read more	Authors: Cezary Wodzinski Published: Editions de La Différence, 2012 Saint Idiot : Projet d’Anthropologie Apophatique Un des rares essais sur le personnage du “Fol en Christ” de la tradition byzantine et russe. Read more